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>>> WELCOME TO THE LAMP! <<<
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THE BEST OF THE A2 BULLETIN BOARD ON Syndicomm.com
AND THE BEST OF THE DELPHI A2 AND A2PRO MESSAGE BOARDS
"Teaching the Apple II user how to fish since 1998"
THE PUBLISHER STRIKES BACK
by Ryan M. Suenaga
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The Lamp! An Onipa'a Software Production Vol. 4, No. 9
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Publisher................................Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W.
Editor.....................................................Lyle Syverson
Internet Email, Publisher.........................thelamp@sheppyware.net
Internet Email, Editor................................lyle@FoxValley.net
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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September 15, 2001
HIGH ABOVE THE ROCK RIVER---------------------------------------------[OPN]
The Legend of a Monster
Another Legend
THE PUBLISHER STRIKES BACK--------------------------------------------[PSB]
Busy Signals
From The Editor
A2 FORUM AT Syndicomm Online (A2Central.com) DISTILLATIONS
Apple II History Site Moved--------------------------------------[AHM]
Quoting a Character From a Novel---------------------------------[QCN]
Name the New Writing Community-----------------------------------[NWC]
Singles Forum is Having a Contest--------------------------------[SFC]
Going Price of Used Apple II High Speed SCSI Cards---------------[PSC]
Source for Apple II SuperDrive Interface Cards-------------------[SSC]
Replacement Internal 3.5" Drive for //c+ ------------------------[RDC]
Technical Information About the LanceGS Card---------------------[TIL]
Patch for the HFS FST--------------------------------------------[PHF]
ProTERM 3.1 Available for $19------------------------------------[PTN]
Spectrum Now Available For $35-----------------------------------[STF]
PMPFax Available-------------------------------------------------[PFA]
TCP/IP Connection Speed With SOAR--------------------------------[TCS]
Using SOAR to Access Syndicomm A2 Bulletin Board-----------------[USB]
Syndicomm Will be Upgrading Bulletin Board Software--------------[SUS]
Using Lynx to Download Files From Syndicomm Personal Directory---[LDL]
Deleting Files in Your Syndicomm Personal Directory--------------[DFP]
Favorite Apple II GIF Viewer?------------------------------------[FGV]
Creating System Sounds for the Apple IIgs------------------------[CSS]
Lost Classics Announcements--------------------------------------[LCA]
Lost Classics - Beneath Apple ProDOS-----------------------------[BAP]
File-A-Trix Recommended------------------------------------------[FTR]
Booting From a SuperDrive----------------------------------------[BSD]
What is Your Favorite Hard Drive Setup?--------------------------[HDS]
Latest Version of SCAT on KFest 2001 CD-ROM----------------------[SKC]
Changing Font for GSoft Printing---------------------------------[CFG]
ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM SYNDICOMM
The Syndicomm Buddy Program--------------------------------------[SBP]
Byte Works Products Available on Syndicomm's Online Store--------[BWP]
DELPHI A2 DISTILLATIONS
How to Defrag a IIgs---------------------------------------------[DFG]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
No Letters to the Editor This Month------------------------------[NLE]
An Invitation----------------------------------------------------[LTE]
KFEST 2002
Plan Ahead for K-Fest 2002---------------------------------------[PAK]
EXTRA INNINGS
About The Lamp! ------------------------------------------------ [INN]
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READING THE LAMP! The index system used by The Lamp! is designed to make
""""""""""""""""" your reading easier. To use this system, load this
issue into any word processor or text editor. In the index you will find
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To read this article, simply use your search or find command to locate
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HIGH ABOVE THE ROCK RIVER |
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From The Editor
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by Lyle Syverson <lyle@FoxValley.net>
The Legend of a Monster
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Come with me on the trail that is visible from High Above The Rock
River... let us search for a mysterious inhabitant of the Rock River... the
Rock Ness Monster. (Notice the similarity to the name of a world famous
monster.)
There is an early morning chill in the air as we precede north along
the east bank of the river. The gusty wind causes us to shift our balance
from time to time. No boats on the choppy water this morning. Here and
there are leaves beginning to turn from green to the seasonal reds and
yellows of Fall.
Notice the Rock Men to our left... sturdy "Guardians of the Rock
River"... built of rocks and standing about fifteen feet high... keeping
watch 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Gives us a feeling of security as
we search out this monster.
About a mile further north there is this section of the trail with
lots of trees blocking the view of the river. Come, let us move to the
river bank where the line of trees is broken. There it is! Rocky the Rock
Ness Monster! Long green neck arching out the water... that eye starring
at us... those green scallops sticking out of the water along its back!
But look close... the body of this creature looks very much like a
log. Someone with a sense of humor has created this monster and anchored
it in this location. There still remains a mystery. No one seems to know
who built this animal and placed it there!
Another Legend
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
K-Fest has become a legend. People who have been there tend to
return. A celebration of the mystique of the Apple II computer.
If you have never gone to K-Fest you owe it to yourself to give it a
try in 2002. KansasFest 2002 is scheduled for July 23 through 28 of 2002.
Plan ahead. Mark your calendar. Start saving your money. Join us for
K-Fest 2002!
[EOA]
[PSB]------------------------------
THE PUBLISHER STRIKES BACK |
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From The Publisher
""""""""""""""""""
by Ryan M. Suenaga, B.A., M.S.W., L.S.W.
[a2.ryan@a2central.com]
BUSY SIGNALS
~~~~~~~~~~~~
As usual, change is taking place in the Apple II world. Among the
bombshells dropped at KansasFest 2001 was that Juiced.GS, the Apple II
world's premiere printed publication, would be published by Syndicomm, the
company that brings you Syndicomm.com, A2Central.com, and a bunch of Apple
II products, beginning in 2002. The winds of change are also sweeping
across the Juiced.GS lineup as founder, editor, and publisher Max Jones
takes a well deserved break and slides into the role of associate editor in
charge of page layout. While Max takes a break, I get to add one more
title onto my resume: editor of Juiced.GS.
Why is this important to readers of The Lamp? Simple. One of the
other lines on my resume says I'm the publisher of this fine periodical.
Let's just say that things in The Lamp!'s virtual cubicle of Apple II
publications will stay the same, as long as Lyle Syverson is willing to
have things stay the same. After all, his tenure as editor here is third
and counting behind the Ironman of Apple II editing, Doug Cuff, and yours
truly. I certainly hope he's willing to surpass me, at least, if not Doug
as well. Acting as publisher gets me out of the month to month tasks,
aside from updating the archives and being Lyle's main cheerleader ("Give
me an L. . . "), so I expect lots of nothing to change here.
What could change (emphasis on the second word in the sentence) is the
other Apple II electronic newsletter I edit and publish, Apple II News and
Notes, affectionately known as A2NandN (Note to the uninvolved: one guy
editing and/or publishing three Apple II publications isn't a good idea).
It's possible A2NandN will be basically wrapped into what is currently
called "DumplinGS" in Juiced.GS. It's also possible it'll pretty much
completely go away.
On the other hand, one well-known writer in the Apple II community has
expressed an interest in editing A2NandN. This sounds great, but I think I
might want him to do more writing for Juiced.GS instead. I haven't yet
decided. If anyone out there in virtual Apple II land who doesn't already
have their hands full with a few other projects has any interest in editing
A2NandN, please email me at rsuenaga@apple2.org.
Until then, I'll keep my nose buried in my virtual magazines, and keep
adding lines to my resume.
Ryan
a2.ryan@a2central.com
[EOA]
[FTE]
From The Editor
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by Lyle Syverson
lyle@FoxValley.net
Well, Ryan, things are going well with The Lamp! It is a lot of fun
to produce this periodical. I don't anticipate any changes in the
foreseeable future.
[EOA]
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DISTILLATIONS FROM The A2 FORUM at Syndicomm.com |
(A2Central.com) |
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by Lyle Syverson <lyle@foxvalley.net>
[AHM]
Apple II HISTORY SITE MOVED
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It's old news by now, but Steve Weyhrich has moved his Apple II History to
http://www.apple2history.org/
Great site.
Ryan
(A2.RYAN, Cat 2, Top 15, Msg 13)
[EOA]
[QCN]
QUOTING A CHARACTER FROM A NOVEL
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When quoting a character from a novel, is attribution given to the
character, or the author?
-Ken
(KGAGNE, Cat 2, Top 34, Msg 45)
>>>>>
"""""
I'd think it would depend somewhat on the situation, but typically I think
I'd say "In John Smith's novel 'John Smith's Novel', Bob Jones said, 'This
is what Bob said.'"
Or something similar.
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm http://www.syndicomm.com
Building communities, bit by bit.
(SYNDICOMM, Cat 2, Top 34, Msg 46)
>>>>>
"""""
I believe proper attribution would include character, title of the work,
and author.
Carl Knoblock - Telephone Tech - Thu 23 Aug 01 9:00:06 pm
cknoblo@home.com - Via Spectrum v2.5.2 & SOAR v1.0b4
KFest 2002, July 23-28, 2002 - 334 days till KFest
On cable via LANceGS & Marinetti 2.0.1 - Thank you, Richard.
A2 RTC Staff - Saturday Night House Party - carlk@syndicomm.com
(CARLK, Cat 2, Top 34, Msg 47)
>>>>>
"""""
It depends greatly on the context. If you are introducing the quote out of
the blue, I'd go with something like: As Arthur Upfield's character "Bony"
often said, "I have never failed."
If you were writing on the subject of Arthur Upfield's novels it would
certainly be fine to just say: As Bony often said, "I have never failed."
Kim Howe
Newton Forum Host
(KIMHOWE, Cat 2, Top 34, Msg 48)
>>>>>
"""""
I keep a collection of quotes on my web site which, like Reader's Digest,
has no context: just the quote and the attribute.
"Four score and seven years ago..."
- Abe Lincoln
I was just wondering what to do with a character quote, if I had one.
-Ken
(KGAGNE, Cat 2, Top 34, Msg 49)
>>>>>
"""""
>> I was just wondering what to do with a character quote, if I had one. <<
Interesting question. In that context, I would probably do something like:
"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn."
- Rhett Butler ("Gone with the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell)
-- Max
(JUICEDGS, Cat 2, Top 34, Msg 50)
[EOA]
[NWC]
NAME THE NEW WRITING COMMUNITY
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Syndicomm is considering opening a writing community - a place for people
to talk about writing papers, essays, columns, stories, poems, and more.
It'd be a place to share different writing and editing techniques and
styles, suggest references, and to get help with your writing.
But such a community needs a name! Show off your writing skills by
thinking of a proper title for the "Writing Forum", and send your
suggestions to gamebits@syndicomm.com. The best suggestion received by
September 15th will receive a $10 usage credit for the Syndicomm online
service.
-Ken Gagne
(KGAGNE, Cat 2, Top 35, Msg 9)
[EOA]
[SFC]
SINGLES FORUM IS HAVING A CONTEST
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The Singles Forum is having a contest to determine what contest to hold!
Send in your idea for a Singles contest (could be a "best post", "best
blind date story", or whatever) to a2.ryan@syndicomm.com. The best
suggestion received by September 30, 2001, midnight HI time, will get a $10
Syndicomm.com usage credit!
(A2.RYAN, Cat 2, Top 35, Msg 10)
[EOA]
[PSC]
GOING PRICE OF USED Apple II HIGH SPEED SCSI CARDS
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Does anyone know what the going rate on an Apple II High Speed SCSI card
is? I have been contemplating selling mine. I just don't ever use it.
That in itself isn't a good enough reason to part with it though.
I thought maybe these were still fetching a pretty good price in the
various channels.
Thanks,
Dain Neater
Keeper of the A2 Board
Syndicomm.com
a2.dain@syndicomm.com
(A2.DAIN, Cat 3, Top 20, Msg 3)
>>>>>
"""""
On eBay I've never gotten less than $100, and usually a good bit more, for
an HS-SCSI card. Even untested Rev. C cards rarely go for less than $75 or
$80.
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm http://www.syndicomm.com
Building communities, bit by bit.
(SYNDICOMM, Cat 3, Top 20, Msg 4)
[EOA]
[SSC]
SOURCE FOR Apple II SuperDrive INTERFACE CARD
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I received a Shreve Systems catalog in the mail last week. They are
offering a "refurbished Apple II Multi-Controller card" for $59. The blurb
says it will control the 1.44 MB high density Apple 3.5" drive, among
others. That sounds like it is probably the SuperDrive controller. It is
labeled as a "Special", so I don't think that they have many. If you are
interested, their phone number is 800-227-3971, M-F 9am - 6pm Central Time.
Their web address is: www.shrevesystems.com
I bought two of the unused, still in the original packaging SuperDrive
controllers from them a couple of years ago. They had them listed as Apple
3.5" drive controller cards then but the description identified them
functionally, similar to what I am seeing in the catalog now.
MT Steve
(S.BERNBAUM, Cat 3, Top 31, Msg 15)
[EOA]
[RDC]
REPLACEMENT INTERNAL 3.5" DRIVE FOR //c+
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Is it possible to get a replacement internal 3.5" drive for a //c+?
(That's 3.5, and that's IIc Plus.) AllTech doesn't mention that it has any
on its website, but then again, it mightn't mention such an item. :-)
Doug C.
(DCUFF, Cat 3, Top 31, Msg 17)
>>>>>
"""""
It should be the same drive mechanism as the GS 3.5 drive, should be a
straight swap....
Gary R. Utter
(HINDMOST, Cat 3, Top 31, Msg 18)
>>>>>
"""""
The IIc Plus uses the same "red label" drives as what is in the Mac SE/II,
some Mac Plus's (the ribbon cable will have a yellow stripe on pin#1
instead of a red stripe). You can also use a Sony auto insert 1.44MB drive
in there as well, (blue label) though obviously it would be an 800K drive
only.
The 800K drive with the "black" label is the standard drive found in a
UniDisk 3.5, some other Mac Plus's and Mac 512e upgrades that shipped
before the introduction of the SE.
An interesting piece of trivia that peeved Mac people at the time.. The
Apple ][ got the double sided 3.5" storage nearly 6 months before it was
available to the Mac platform.
Tony
(A2.TONYD, Cat 3, Top 31, Msg 20)
[EOA]
[TIL]
TECHNICAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE LanceGS CARD
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Where can one find technical information about the LanceGS card?
Specifically, information about the system requirements, and any network
requirements and limitations.
Joat
(JOAT, Cat 3, Top 37, Msg 3)
>>>>>
"""""
>> Where can one find technical information about the LanceGS card? <<
You should be able to find all the info you need at
http://lancegs.a2central.com -- if there's something missing, let me know
and I'll get it added. :)
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm http://www.syndicomm.com
Building communities, bit by bit.
(SYNDICOMM, Cat 3, Top 37, Msg 4)
[EOA]
[PHF]
PATCH FOR THE HFS FST
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A few years ago, a patch was released that increased the stability of the
HFS FST, which does not sport the 32 MB partition limitation that ProDOS
has.
I've heard some people say recently that they still don't trust HFS,
despite the patch.
Why is that? Are there other inherent dangers with the FST that the patch
did not address?
Thanks,
-Ken
(KGAGNE, Cat 7, Top 8, Msg 2)
>>>>>
"""""
Yeah, there are still problems, despite the patch.
Now, personally, I've had only minimal problems with it, and when they
arise, I simply use ImageMaker to make a disk image, copy it to the Mac,
run Norton Disk Doctor on it, then copy it back to the GS and use DiskMaker
to dump it back to my hard drive. :)
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm http://www.syndicomm.com
Building communities, bit by bit.
(SYNDICOMM, Cat 7, Top 8, Msg 3)
>>>>>
"""""
To clarify:
The HFS patch is helpful, and does make HFS more reliable, but I don't
believe it resolves all problems.
While HFS is very nice on the IIgs for two reasons--long file names and
large volumes--there is no way to boot from it, no support for running
ProDOS 8 applications on HFS partitions, and no IIgs native repair
utilities. While Shep's tip on creating an image and repairing it on the
Mac -is- useful and clever (I've used it before myself), I still have
difficulty giving a blanket HFS endorsement on the IIgs. It has its uses,
but I certainly wouldn't trust irreplaceable data to it.
Ryan
(A2.RYAN, Cat 7, Top 8, Msg 4)
>>>>>
"""""
I'd have to agree with you. I played with it for a while, but kept ending
up with corruptions. I could unplug the drive from the GS and plug it into
a mac to run utilities, but the end result was always a loss of data
eventually. I may use a HFS partition when I put a bigger drive in the GS
soon, but I won't be keeping anything important on it.
Kim Howe
Newton Forum Host
(KIMHOWE, Cat 7, Top 8, Msg 5)
[EOA]
[PTN]
ProTERM 3.1 AVAILABLE FOR $19
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One of the announcements at KFest 2001 was that ProTERM 3.1 is now
available for $19 from InTrec. There will be an on disk manual (no more
printed manuals, unfortunately), but still one of the best
telecommunications programs ever written.
Ryan
(A2.RYAN, Cat 10, Top 14, Msg 8)
[EOA]
[STF]
SPECTRUM NOW AVAILABLE FOR $35
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
For those who use a IIGS, Spectrum also had a drop in price, and is now
only $35.
Probably even more important than the price is the fact that Spectrum is
the only telecomm program that works over TCP/IP...
Joe Kohn
http://users.foxvalley.net/~joko
(JOKO, Cat 10, Top 14, Msg 10)
[EOA]
[PFA]
PMPFax AVAILABLE
""""""""""""""""
After a long absence, PMPFax is back on the market, at a vastly reduced
price.
See http://www.syndicomm.com/products/index.html
Ryan
(A2.RYAN, Cat 10, Top 48, Msg 1)
[EOA]
[TCS]
TCP/IP CONNECTION SPEED WITH SOAR
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Hi all,
I have a question concerning TCP/IP connection speed when making a SOAR
pass.
I connect via LanceGS to a cable modem through a hub. Internet connection
speeds are very fast (1-1.5 mbps) on my Win98 machine which is also
connected to the hub. However my SOAR passes seem to be quite slow. I see
no difference from when I was using my previous dial-up ISP and a USR 14.4
modem using Marinetti (scripted PPP). And, by the way, scripted PPP was
slower than when I used to connect via dial-up shell account.
I was looking forward to the improved speed the cable modem would make on
my IIGS connection, but there is no apparent speed improvement (over my
14.4 modem). How can the connection on my Win98 machine be so fast and the
connection on my IIGS (through the same cable modem) be so slow?
I can connect to A2Central on my Win98 machine (using HyperTerminal Private
Edition v6.3) and the speed is significantly faster than my IIGS
connection. I double-checked my IIGS connection speed by manually
connecting to A2Central using both Spectrum and also the Telnet app that
comes with Marinetti.
Do others also get slow TCP/IP connections on their IIGS? Is this a
Marinetti problem? A LanceGS problem? It is certainly _not_ a Spectrum
problem because the slow speeds are still apparent using the Marinetti
Telnet app. And it definitely can't be blamed on just "the internet".
The big question: Is there a fix?
Any enlightenment anyone could provide would be greatly appreciated.
Spectrum 2.5.1
Marinetti 2.01
SOAR 1.0b5
Kind Regards,
-Doc
Mark Welte
(MWELTE, Cat 10, Top 59, Msg 194)
>>>>>
"""""
There are various factors at work here.
How fast is your IIgs? SOAR is an interpreted Spectrum script set, and so
will work more slowly than a stand alone program would do. Marinetti also
plays a part in the processing speed. Thus if a large amount of data
arrives, then the processing time will depend very much on how fast your
IIgs is, and not so much the connection speed.
And as Carl has said, there is quite a lot of waiting time for Syndicomm to
respond on your SOAR pass, so it might not appear as fast as you expected
with a LanceGS connection.
For instance, using Bernie to the Rescue, which gives a very fast (55Mhz or
so) IIgs, and a dialup modem connection, my SOAR pass to the A2 Forum
yesterday took around 27 seconds, from login in to the modem hangup.
Ewen Wannop - Speccie - Wed 5 Sep 2001 - 42 days till KFest '01
Delivered without using a IIgs by Spectrum v2.5.2 & SOAR 1.0b5
Setup: Bernie ][ the Rescue 3.0 and a Blue & White G3/350
http://www.ewannop.btinternet.co.uk/
(CONDUCTOR, Cat 10, Top 59, Msg 196)
[EOA]
[USB]
USING SOAR TO ACCESS SYNDICOMM A2 BULLETIN BOARD
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
My last pass (when I picked up this message) took 1 minute, 29 seconds.
On a pass where I only get one or two messages will take about a minute.
This is with a cable modem on a 10MHz GS with a LanceGS card.
Carl Knoblock - Telephone Tech - Wed 5 Sep 01 8:58:12 pm
cknoblo@home.com - Via Spectrum v2.5.2 & SOAR v1.0b4
KFest 2002, July 23-28, 2002 - 321 days till KFest
On cable via LANceGS & Marinetti 2.0.1 - Thank you, Richard.
A2 RTC Staff - Saturday Night House Party - carlk@syndicomm.com
(CARLK, Cat 10, Top 59, Msg 200)
>>>>>
"""""
Hmmmm. This is implying to me that the bulk of the time is spent
processing the info, rather than data transfer. I don't know if that's
accurate or not, though. Ewen?
Ryan
(A2.RYAN, Cat 10, Top 59, Msg 201)
>>>>>
"""""
That is correct. The info has first to be processed by Marinetti and placed
into its holding buffer, then Spectrum has to retrieve it from that buffer.
While retrieving messages SOAR has to look for the prompts to tell it that
the end of messages has been seen. Thus it has to read in the data as a
stream from Marinetti, look for those prompts, store only the relevant data
in the Spectrum capture buffer, and finally write the data out to disk.
There are no short cuts to this, so the data has to be handled quite
extensively. This is going to be true of any script set that functions as
an OLR, such as SOAR or CoPilot. Only a stand-alone application could speed
this process up, and that solution would not be flexible enough to handle
any changing menus that might come along...
Ewen Wannop - Speccie - Fri 7 Sep 2001 - 44 days till KFest '01
Delivered without using a IIgs by Spectrum v2.5.2 & SOAR 1.0b5
Setup: Bernie ][ the Rescue 3.0 and a Blue & White G3/350
http://www.ewannop.btinternet.co.uk/
(CONDUCTOR, Cat 10, Top 59, Msg 205)
[EOA]
[SUS]
SYNDICOMM WILL BE UPGRADING BULLETIN BOARD SOFTWARE
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Sometime in the next couple of weeks, we'll be upgrading our bulletin board
software with a new version Dave's been working on that will result in
*much* faster message board scans.
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm http://www.syndicomm.com
Building communities, bit by bit.
(SYNDICOMM, Cat 10, Top 59, Msg 198)
[EOA]
[LDL]
USING LYNX TO DOWNLOAD FILES FROM SYNDICOMM PERSONAL DIRECTORY
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Recently, someone mentioned that Syndicomm's Lynx could be used to download
files. I received a large file in email that PINE could not display. So,
I had to save it. The only place that I could get PINE to save it was to
my directory on Syndicomm.
I have two questions. How do I find that file, using Lynx? Having found
it, how do I download it to my GS, using Lynx?
MT Steve
(S.BERNBAUM, Cat 11, Top 13, Msg 14)
>>>>>
"""""
>> How do I find that file, using Lynx? <<
Go to:
ftp://username:password@syndicomm.com//users/username
substituting the appropriate username and password. The file should be
listed in the directory there.
>> Having found it, how do I download it to my GS, using Lynx? <<
Move the highlight onto it, press d. . .
Ryan
(RSUENAGA, Cat 11, Top 13, Msg 15)
[EOA]
[DFP]
DELETING FILES IN YOUR SYNDICOMM PERSONAL DIRECTORY
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
I received a file in my mail at my Syndicomm address which was too large to
display. The only way that I could figure out to save it was to my
Syndicomm personal directory area. Following the directions that Ryan
posted in answer to my query, I used Lynx to download the file. Now I
can't figure out how to delete the file from my Syndicomm personal
directory. Neither Lynx nor Pine has an obvious command for this.
MT Steve
(S.BERNBAUM, Cat 2, Top 3, Msg 114)
>>>>>
"""""
They don't. You'll need to use an FTP client program to delete the file.
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm http://www.syndicomm.com
Building communities, bit by bit.
(SYNDICOMM, Cat 2, Top 3, Msg 115)
>>>>>
"""""
I don't think Lynx can do it at all; Pine can delete the original message,
but not the file saved in your directory.
I guess, stretching it, you could use pine to do ftp by email and delete
the file, but that sounds way too painful to even consider :)
You'll need a real FTP client.
Ryan
(A2.RYAN, Cat 2, Top 3, Msg 116)
>>>>>
"""""
>> You'll need a real FTP client. <<
Such as SAFE for Spectrum.
Get it free from my home pages...
Ewen Wannop - Speccie - Sat 8 Sep 2001 - 45 days till KFest '01
Delivered without using a IIgs by Spectrum v2.5.2 & SOAR 1.0b5
Setup: Bernie ][ the Rescue 3.0 and a Blue & White G3/350
http://www.ewannop.btinternet.co.uk/
(CONDUCTOR, Cat 2, Top 3, Msg 118)
>>>>>
"""""
Sheppy, Ryan, and Ewen,
Thanks for the info on how to delete a file from my Syndicomm personal
directory. I just received SAFE and Spectrum 2.5.2 from Joe on Friday.
I installed them last night and successfully used SAFE to delete the file.
MT Steve
(S.BERNBAUM, Cat 2, Top 3, Msg 119)
[EOA]
[FGV]
FAVORITE Apple II GIF VIEWER?
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
What's your favorite Apple II GIF viewer? I use SuperConvert 4 regularly,
but I'd like to know what other folks use.
Ryan
(A2.RYAN, Cat 12, Top 3, Msg 1)
>>>>>
"""""
I use ShowMe! It's an NDA, and I load it on the fly (using IR and IRNDA)
when I need it. Works great, and you don't need to launch a separate
desktop app to view graphics.
Max Jones
Juiced.GS
(JUICEDGS, Cat 12, Top 3, Msg 2)
>>>>>
"""""
I use GView and SecondView Pro, but they use the Second Sight card in a
high res mode not available to the basic GS. They are also slow. I rarely
use them anymore, since I got the Mac.
Carl Knoblock - Telephone Tech - Mon 3 Sep 01 8:05:59 pm
cknoblo@home.com - Via Spectrum v2.5.2 & SOAR v1.0b4
KFest 2002, July 23-28, 2002 - 323 days till KFest
On cable via LANceGS & Marinetti 2.0.1 - Thank you, Richard.
A2 RTC Staff - Saturday Night House Party - carlk@syndicomm.com
(CARLK, Cat 12, Top 3, Msg 3)
>>>>>
"""""
I use Convert.3200. It is fast... and is easy to use.
Lyle Syverson <lyle@FoxValley.net> Editor, _The Lamp!_
published monthly on the WEB at: <http://lamp.a2central.com/>
LYLE, Cat 12, Top 3, Msg 4)
[EOA]
[CSS]
CREATING SYSTEM SOUNDS FOR THE Apple IIgs
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
Is there a way to easily create system sounds for the Apple IIgs System
6.0.1?
Thanks,
Dain Neater
Keeper of the Boards
A2 Community
Syndicomm
(A2.DAIN, Cat 12, Top 15, Msg 20)
>>>>>
"""""
From scratch, you'd need some type of sound digitizer. Converting from
existing sounds isn't all that hard. There was a GS+ article on doing that
by Bill Moore. . .
Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W. - rsuenaga@apple2.org - A2's Head Geek
Alpha Testing CoPilot v2.55 and ProTERM 3.1
Offline Syndicomm.com Message Manager
(A2.RYAN, Cat 12, Top 15, Msg 21)
>>>>>
"""""
The system 6 sounds are resource sounds - the sound is stored in the
resource fork of the file. There are a few freeware utilities for
converting normal (data fork) sounds into resource sounds. I used to have
Homer Simpson (mmmm Forbidden Donut) sounds that I converted myself. Look
on TIAB, or on ground for sound utilities.
(KWS, Cat 12, Top 15, Msg 22)
[EOA]
[LCA]
LOST CLASSICS ANNOUNCEMENTS
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""
Hmmmm....Just doing some catchup reading, and my post from around the time
of Kfest apparently got munged somewhere, so I'm reposting:
We had a couple of major announcements for Lost Classics in or right after
Kfest: During Kfest, Joe Kohn managed to get released all of the Vitesse
titles EXCEPT Harmonie and Faxination released via the LCP. We also got
permission to release Platinum Paint. All these titles are awaiting copies
so we can get them ready for uploading.
Tony Diaz also got permission to release all of the Applied Engineering
software, with the possible exception of ReadyLink--clarification is still
being gotten on that one.
We also formed a core group of people interested in helping getting
software titles released, and everyone took a title to work on. Hopefully
we'll have more news soon. (If you want to help--let us know!)
On a more current note, Shawn Beattie offered and scanned in the Bag of
Tricks manual, and put it in PDF format. Apparently the setup of the
manual doesn't lend itself to scanning for ascii easily. I can and will
make the PDF format available, but I'm enough of a purist to want to have
Apple II material available in ASCII format. I very much appreciate
Shawn's help and don't want to put him out more than he's already
done....What's everyone's thoughts on this? If necessary, I'll do what
I've done before and hand transcribe the manual (and ask for help in that,
too! :) ) or see if anyone wants to tackle scanning and saving pits and
piece of the manual. This won't be the first or last one that will have
this situation.
Later...........Howard
(A2.HOWARD, Cat 15, Top 3, Msg 8)
[EOA]
[BAP]
LOST CLASSICS - BENEATH Apple ProDOS
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
If anyone would like to take a crack at cleaning up the ASCII version of
Beneath Apple ProDOS, I can send that to you. I passed out PDF versions on
CD at KFest so you can use that to compare to the ASCII. I am not sure if
it is worth trying to edit the munged ASCII as opposed to retyping. BTW, I
used Acrobat Capture 2.01 to scan in the PDF version. If anyone has A2
books that have been released...I am happy to scan (at least to PDF, I'll
try ASCII but don't get your hopes up) them in to be released to the
community.
Shawn
(SBEATTIE, Cat 15, Top 3, Msg 9)
>>>>>
"""""
I don't think I remembered to thank you for your hard work on that, Shawn.
It was a remarkable piece of work. As well as for loaning the projector
(again). I think all of us who were at K.C. were in your debt (again).
Ryan
(A2.RYAN, Cat 15, Top 3, Msg 10)
>>>>>
"""""
And we'll have the PDF of Beneath Apple ProDOS here in Syndicomm Online's
A2 library shortly.
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm http://www.syndicomm.com
Building communities, bit by bit.
(SYNDICOMM, Cat 15, Top 3, Msg 11)
[EOA]
[FTR]
File-A-Trix RECOMMENDED
"""""""""""""""""""""""
Just a small plug here for File-A-Trix, which I probably use every day.
In fact, that and Quit-To are the two things from Karl Bunker that I use
very regularly.
Ryan
Chief Sysop Pro Tem, Palm OS, Page 590
(A2.RYAN, Cat 16, Top 20, Msg 6)
[EOA]
[BSD]
BOOTING FROM A SuperDrive
"""""""""""""""""""""""""
If a SuperDrive is my drive 1, can I boot off it?
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm http://www.syndicomm.com
Building communities, bit by bit.
(SYNDICOMM, Cat 19, Top 5, Msg 1)
>>>>>
"""""
Sure. :)
I do it irregularly.
Ryan
Chief Sysop Pro Tem, Palm OS, Page 590
(A2.RYAN, Cat 19, Top 5, Msg 2)
>>>>>
"""""
Both 800K and 1440K disks are bootable?
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm http://www.syndicomm.com
Building communities, bit by bit.
(SYNDICOMM, Cat 19, Top 5, Msg 4)
>>>>>
"""""
Yep. . .
Ryan
Chief Sysop Pro Tem, Palm OS, Page 590
(A2.RYAN, Cat 19, Top 5, Msg 5)
>>>>>
"""""
Snazzy. Although I guess I'm happy with my current setup, using an 800K
drive as drive 1, and the 1440K drive as drive 2. Saves one of my 1440K
drives for future use. :)
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm http://www.syndicomm.com
Building communities, bit by bit.
(SYNDICOMM, Cat 19, Top 5, Msg 6)
>>>>>
"""""
I have both as drive 1, the 800 in slot 5, and the 1440 in slot 6. WHEN I
need a 5.25 drive, I attach it to the 800 and change slot 6 to "Disk port".
So far, I have never found a need to have a 5.25 and 1440 drive at the same
time. :)
Carl Knoblock - Telephone Tech - Mon 27 Aug 01 9:07:59 pm
cknoblo@home.com - Via Spectrum v2.5.2 & SOAR v1.0b4
KFest 2002, July 23-28, 2002 - 330 days till KFest
On cable via LANceGS & Marinetti 2.0.1 - Thank you, Richard.
A2 RTC Staff - Saturday Night House Party - carlk@syndicomm.com
(CARLK, Cat 19, Top 5, Msg 7)
[EOA]
[HDS]
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE HARD DRIVE SETUP?
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
What's your favorite Apple II hard drive setup? I've always been partial
to the RamFAST SCSI, but the simplicity of the Focus Drive (and its
competitive speed) have made things much nicer. . .
Ryan
(A2.RYAN, Cat 19, Top 13, Msg 3)
>>>>>
"""""
I have a ramfast and focus in my IIgs. And I've used a CMS. I think Focus
is the best solution (and I'd say that even if a scsi card were easily
available :)
I think the factors depend on individual situations. If you want 6
external hard drives, focus won't do you any good. But if I could find a
reasonably priced, RAmfast-compatible external scsi drive, I wouldn't need
a focus. I find the focus to be faster due to a newer/faster hard drive.
Plus, it's not as noisy and doesn't take forever to spin up, unlike my scsi
hard drive.
Also, the focus is available, which is probably the most important factor
:)
(KWS, Cat 19, Top 13, Msg 4)
>>>>>
"""""
I like the Focus drive very much. It's fast, convenient, relatively quiet,
and saves desk space.
For SCSI, I prefer the Apple High-speed SCSI. Not as quirky and
troublesome as the RamFAST, and I never noticed a huge speed difference
between the two (some, but not enough to get excited about).
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm http://www.syndicomm.com
Building communities, bit by bit.
(SYNDICOMM, Cat 19, Top 13, Msg 5)
>>>>>
"""""
To be honest, since the focus arrived here from Alltech I have had no
reason to even think about setting up any other hard drive. It is quieter
for me, it is faster (No Prodos 8 here), It's easier, It's larger. Sure I
can't mount it on a Mac, but even if I could I wouldn't:)
Dain Neater
Keeper of the Boards
A2 Community
Syndicomm.com
(A2.DAIN, Cat 19, Top 13, Msg 6)
>>>>>
"""""
I've been rather partial to the RamFAST, myself. My first hard drive, which
I got second hand, came with an Apple II power supply with the pigtail
connector changed, no enclosure, and a controller card. I don't even know
what kind of drive it was, but it was only 20 meg. I thought it was huge at
first, but it filled up really fast. It did get me using GSOS, though.
Then I got the RamFAST with a 105meg drive. I was in heaven for a while.
I got a 500meg next, and a CD drive, and a Zip drive. All worked flawlessly
with the RamFAST, with the standard driver. As long as I can get drives
that work at reasonable prices, I'm fine, but if not, I would happily
switch to a Focus Drive.
I actually have two RamFASTs because I bought a second one when I got the
Second Sight card.
Carl Knoblock - Telephone Tech - Tue 4 Sep 01 8:33:23 pm
cknoblo@home.com - Via Spectrum v2.5.2 & SOAR v1.0b4
KFest 2002, July 23-28, 2002 - 322 days till KFest
On cable via LANceGS & Marinetti 2.0.1 - Thank you, Richard.
A2 RTC Staff - Saturday Night House Party - carlk@syndicomm.com
(CARLK, Cat 19, Top 13, Msg 7)
[EOA]
[SKC]
LATEST VERSION OF SCAT ON KFest 2001 CD-ROM
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
The latest version of SCAT is available on the KFest 2001 CD-ROM that is
available by Syndicomm. I am very receptive to any bug reports.
Meanwhile, I have to follow up what happened to the disk image I used to
write SCAT and SCAF and make sure they are available on my home machines.
Geoff
(GEOFF, Cat 20, Top 13, Msg 36)
>>>>>
"""""
>> The latest version of SCAT is available on the KFest 2001 CDROM... <<
Which you can order for just $20 at http://www.syndicomm.com/products :)
Where's my Blatant Plug sign? :)
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm http://www.syndicomm.com
Building communities, bit by bit.
(SYNDICOMM, Cat 20, Top 13, Msg 38)
[EOA]
[CFG]
CHANGING FONT FOR GSoft PRINTING
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
Does anyone have any idea how to change the default font family and point
size that GSoft uses to print "hires" text? I'm about as handy with the
Toolbox as I am with a micro-laser.
In fact, I was as happy as could be to figure out how to change the text
color and text background. The default is white background and black text,
and it only took a little poring over Toolbox Ref Vol II to figure out how
to change it to blue background and white text.
However, changing either the font (to Helvetica, say) or the point size is
more than I can figure. Anyone?
Doug C.
(DCUFF, Cat 22, Top 10, Msg 5)
>>>>>
"""""
You'll need to use both the Font Manager and QuickDraw to do this. Look up
InstallFont to ensure that the font you want is loaded into memory. Then
you call SetFont and SetFontID, I think, to change fonts; those are in
QuickDraw II.
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm http://www.syndicomm.com
Building communities, bit by bit.
(SYNDICOMM, Cat 22, Top 10, Msg 6)
[EOA]
------------------------------------
ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM SYNDICOMM |
------------------------------------
by Lyle Syverson <lyle@foxvalley.net>
[SBP]
THE SYNDICOMM BUDDY PROGRAM
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""
We've instituted a new Buddy Program!
Recommend Syndicomm Online to a friend, and make sure they give us your
username when they sign up at http://www.syndicomm.com/join.html, and if
they're still a member after 90 days, you get a $10 credit to your account!
That's like a whole month free (more if you're on a quarterly billing
plan).
For more information, visit <http://www.syndicomm.com/buddyprogram.html>.
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm http://www.syndicomm.com
Building communities, bit by bit.
(SYNDICOMM, Cat 2, Top 28, Msg 35)
[EOA]
[BWP]
Byte Works PRODUCTS AVAILABLE ON SYNDICOMM'S ONLINE STORE
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
The Byte Works' Apple IIgs products are all now listed on Syndicomm's
online store at http://www.syndicomm.com/products, with all-new, reduced
pricing!
We'll have the Apple II products and books up soon. We're still working on
finalizing arrangements to officially take over the APDA stuff.
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm http://www.syndicomm.com
Building communities, bit by bit.
(SYNDICOMM, Cat 22, Top 2, Msg 4)
[EOA]
------------------------------------
DISTILLATIONS FROM DELPHI A2 |
------------------------------------
by Lyle Syverson <lyle@foxvalley.net>
[DFG]
HOW TO DEFRAG A IIgs
""""""""""""""""""""
Can anyone tell me how to defrag a IIgs? Can it be done with AppleWorks 3,
or is there separate software?
Thanks!
(DLRA, 3517.1, Delphi A2 web side)
>>>>>
"""""
There were several programs that could do this, but the best and easiest to
find these days is ProSel-16.
Joe Kohn or Max Jones has it available for a small fee. I can't remember
which one has it.
No GS owner should be without this utility in my opinion. It not only
defrags, but it recovers files, repairs damaged partitions, lets you create
a menu to replace finder if you want to, and much more.
Try Joe's website at http://users.foxvalley.net/~joko/
or Max's at http://www.wbip.com/juiced.gs/
Dave . . .
(UNCLE_DUCK, 3517.2, Delphi A2 web side)
>>>>>
"""""
To defrag under ProSel-16 use the utility called 'Optimize".
This will only work on ProDOS volumes. There is no easy way to optimize an
HFS volume. Especially if you don't have a mac.
Dave . . .
(UNCLE_DUCK, 3517.3, Delphi A2 web side)
[EOA]
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR |
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[NLE]
NO LETTERS TO THE EDITOR THIS MONTH
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
The mail box for Letters to the Editor remained empty this month.
[EOA]
[LTE]
AN INVITATION
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Express your opinions about the comings and goings in the world of the
Apple II computers.
Send your comments to Lyle Syverson, Editor <lyle@FoxValley.net>
The Editor reserves the right to edit any material submitted.
The Editor reserves the right to reject any material he considers
unsuitable for publication in _The Lamp!_.
[EOA]
[KFT]------------------------------
KFest 2002 |
-----------------------------------
[PAK]
PLAN AHEAD FOR K-Fest 2002
""""""""""""""""""""""""""
KansasFest 2002 is scheduled for July 23 through 28 of 2002. Plan ahead.
Mark your calendar. Start saving your money. Join us for K-Fest 2002!
[EOA]
[INN]------------------------------
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